Census Analytical Report - Uganda Bureau of Statistics

The 2002 Population and Housing Censuspattern has remained similar to previous censuses with neighbouring countries beingthe dominant places of origin of immigrants into Uganda. More than one third of therecent immigrants were from Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) while 20 percentwere from Sudan.There are no major variations in the sex composition of immigrants from theneighbouring countries, with the share of females close to 50 percent. Neighbouringcountries immigrants tend to move as families hence having sex differences that areminimal. In contrast, a bigger difference in sex composition for immigrants from far offcountries is explained by the fact that they tend to move as individual males.Table 2.9: Distribution of Recent Immigrants by Country of Previous ResidenceCountry of PreviousResidence Male Female TotalPercentFemalesDR of Congo 32.8 35.7 34.3 53.4Sudan 21.1 19.2 20.1 48.3Kenya 14.3 15.3 14.8 54.0Rwanda 13.3 13.8 13.6 50.9Tanzania 8.4 8.5 8.5 50.7Burundi 1.1 0.9 1.0 44.7Other Africa 2.2 1.3 1.8 38.0Asia 3.3 2.3 2.8 41.4Rest of the World 3.6 3.0 3.2 46.9Total 100 100 100 51.013 percent ofUganda bornpopulationwere internalmigrants2.6.3 Internal MigrantsThe 2002 Census revealed a total of 23 million persons were born in Uganda. Ofthese 3.1 million (equivalent to 13 percent) were enumerated outside their district ofbirth and hence classified as internal migrants. These were almost equally distributedbetween sexes. Because of changes in the boundaries of districts (which are themigration defining areas) between any two censuses, no comparison with the findingsfrom the previous censuses is made.A Recent Internal Migrant is defined a person who was born in Uganda, the previousresidence was within Uganda and at the time of the Census had stayed in the districtfor a period not exceeding 5 years. Because of problems of classification of visitors tothe household at the time of the census, they are excluded from the study of recentmigration. Out of all the lifetime internal migrants, 41 percent (1.3 million persons)16